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Rare German Music to be Performed

Three December concerts planned at UW-WC

11/24/08

When UW-Washington County Music Professor, Dr. Peter Gibeau was in Berlin, Germany last year on sabbatical, he spent quite a bit of time uncovering music from 17th century German composer, Joachim Gerstenbüttel. Although the compositions were beautiful, Gerstenbüttel’s music had not been performed in 300 years, because his pieces were never published. Dr. Gibeau, who is fluent in German, found the collection of his works, all in a handwritten manuscript and has since transcribed about 25 of them. Even more exciting is the fact that Gibeau was able to find a publisher in Berlin. On Sunday, December 14, the Moraine Chorus, which Dr. Gibeau directs, will be performing one of these works in the UW-WC theatre!

According to Gibeau, the chorus has enjoyed working on a church cantata written by Gerstenbüttel, entitled “O welch eine Tiefe des Reichtums” which translates to “O what a depth of Riches.” The chorus will be accompanied by two violins, two violas, a cello and an organ.

The community is invited to enjoy the Moraine Chorus as well as two other December concerts during the month of December. All three concerts will be performed in the theatre, located on the second floor of the campus at 400 University Drive in West Bend, including: